Cutting-machine.



G. P. DICKSON.

CUTTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1909.

980, 1 45, Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. mcxsor; 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR '10 OOmGTIONEBS AND BAKERS SUPPLY 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

(mums-moms e of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1909. Serial No. 533,626.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

To all whom it my concan: Be it known that I, Gnome F. Bronson, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Ghiwgo, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CuttingMachines, of which the following 15 a specification. v

This invention relates to a machine for cutting icecream and like frozen materials into bricks of the required size, and has for its object to provide a simple and efl'ective mechanism for such n )ult in a rapid and continuous manner, with an avoidance of the gradual accumulation of the frozen material on the cutter blades and con sequent inferior work performed under such condition, all as will hereinafter more fully appwr.

In the acmmpanying drawings:-Figure 1, is a longitudinal sectional elevation on line H, Fig.2. Fig. 2, is a fragmentary plan view. F 1g. 3, 1s an enlarged detail trarmverse section on line 2' -w' Fig. 2.

Similar numa'als of reference indicate like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a horizontal board or table supported on an upright frame 2 and provided with marginal flanges 3 at its sides to confine the material acted upon to a longitudinal movement on the bed.

i is a transverse feed roll, formed preferably with a mrrugated periphery, and journaled in stationary in the supporting frame 2. The upper or crown of said roll occupies a space left therefor iu the bound or table 1, and such crown is ap proximately level with the top surface of the board or table 1 as shown.

5 is a cutter shaft journaled in vertimll adjustable boxes carried b side mndard s of the frame 2 in the manner.

6 are aseries of clrcular' edcttiflttaer blades s1? cured in no are t tion on t e cutter circular separator disks or collars 7.

8 are the series of spur gears whereby positive rotation is communicated power driven shaft 9 of the machine to the altterbladesfi andfeed 10114, and inthe preferred construdion of said gears the cutterfiwillhavegreater'peripheralspeedthan from thethe feed roll in order that said cutters may have a shearing cut through the material as from a pressure parting of the same.

10 is the drivin ull of the wet driven shaft 9. g P 8y p0 11 is a rectangular frame secured in a horizontal position inside of the vertical side standards of the supporting frame 2 and encompassing the series of cutter blades 6, on a plane below the carrying shaft 5 of said blades, as shown. 4

12 are a series of scraper carrying rods or bars attached to the frame 11 and extending through the spaces between the cutter blades 6 aforesaid. Said rods are arranged in pairs, with each pair individual to a cutter blade. 7

13, are the series of scrapers or wi carried by the bars or rods 12 aforesaid. Said wipers are arranged in irs, with each pair individual to a cutter b ade of series of tinued use of the apparatus. And what is w of equal importance to the practical merits of the mechanism, the surfaces of the cutter blade; are maintained in a clean condition bat adapted for the proper cutting of the ice-cream and the like into bricks.

14, is a sheet of semi-elastic material, such as linoleum, of a width and adapted to slide longitudinally thereon, and between and through a ga left between the feed r6114 and the series 0 cutter blades 6 for such purpose. Said sheet 14 is intended to receive a cake or mas of the icecream and support and carry the same between the cutterblades in the operation of such cake or mass into bricks. The sheetlsalsoadaptedtosuportthecut bricks in the su uent handling and wrapping of said bric and to that end a number of said sheets 14 will be provided and used serially in the continued operation of themachine.

ual to the table 1 Having thus fully described'my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1.- In a cutting machine, the combination ofa supporting frame, a table, a feed roll, a series of separated cutters revolubly mounted on said frame, a series of supporting rods carried by the frame and arranged in pairs, each pair being individual to a space between the cutter blades and a series.

of scrapers mounted on sai rods,- .each scraper beingindividual to one side of a cutter blade and having a clearance space.

- of scrapers mounted in alternate relation to the axis of revolution of the cutter blades on said rods, each scraper being individual 7 to one side of a cutter blade and having a clearance s ace with relation to the supportrod 0 a companion scraper, su stantia 1y as set forth.

' 3. In a cutting machine, the combination of a supporting-frame, a table, feed roll,

. a series of separated circular cutter blades,

a. rectangular frame'inclosingthe series of cutter blades, longitudinalrods carriedby said frame, and extending through' the I spaces betweenthe cutter blades and. a series of scrapers carried by said rods and ari ranged in pairs, each pair being individual to a cutter blade and adapted to bear upon and have scraping engagement with opposite sides of the same, substantially asset forth.

4. In a cutting machine, the combmation of a supporting frame, a table, a feed roll, a series of separated circular cutter blades, 'a rectangular frame inclosing the series of cutter blades, gairs of longitudinal rods carriedby said ame, and extendin through the spaces between the cutter .bla es and a series of scrapers arranged in pairs, each pair being individual to a cutter blade and arranged at opposite sides of said cutter blades and at opposite sides of the axis of rotation of the cutter blades, substantially as set forth. Signed at Ghicago,,Illinois, this 15th day of December 1909.

GEORGE F. DICKSON.

Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS,- Hmmr Mon. 

